WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., who misused about $750,000 in campaign funds, apologized Wednesday before he and his wife, Sandi, were set to be sentenced.
"I misled the American people," Jackson said.
The pair pleaded

The pilot and co-pilot of a UPS cargo flight died Wednesday when the Airbus A300 they were flying crashed on approach to the Birmingham, Alabama, airport, Mayor William Bell said.
The plane, which took off from Louisville, Kentucky, went down arou

PORT ARTHUR (KBMT) -- Port Arthur Animal Control officers are investigating an apparent cockfighting operation following the discovery of over 200 gamecocks and fowls.
The birds were found around 9 a.m.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- A federal judge threw out a racial discrimination lawsuit against Paula Deen, but the financial damage resulting from the celebrity chef's admitted use of a slur has already been done.
The Southern cuisine expert still has a